Chipata climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chipata?

Chipata has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,085 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chipata?

The hottest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chipata?

The coldest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 5.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chipata?

Almost never: Chipata sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Chipata warmed?

Yes: Chipata warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chipata?

The wettest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1982, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chipata?

The windiest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1952, with winds reaching 33.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chipata?

The warmest month in Chipata is October (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chipata?

Chipata receives on average 1,085 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chipata?

Chipata gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chipata (Zambia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,085 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Chipata averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.

Chipata has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 22 November 2015) and the coldest 5.4 °C (on 26 July 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

ChipataEastern Province

coords: -13.63°, 32.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,085mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

15.9km/h

Seasonal range

7.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

128 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

35.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

21 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

37.3 °C

22 November 2015

Coldest day

5.4 °C

26 July 1975

Wettest day

101 mm

7 February 1982

Windiest day

33.3 km/h

17 September 1952

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

4 February 1972

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

1.9 °C

26 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.7 h

2 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.3 °C29 September 2025	8.4 °C11 July 2025	21.2 °C	1,057 mm	61
2024	35.1 °C26 October 2024	7.8 °C15 June 2024	21.9 °C	624 mm	104
2023	36.7 °C14 October 2023	9.4 °C14 July 2023	21.8 °C	1,296 mm	82
2022	33.8 °C26 October 2022	9.2 °C14 June 2022	21.1 °C	1,241 mm	54
2021	35.6 °C9 November 2021	8.1 °C1 July 2021	21.2 °C	1,086 mm	81
2020	34.6 °C8 November 2020	8.9 °C10 August 2020	21.3 °C	1,048 mm	58
2019	36.5 °C29 October 2019	7.0 °C24 July 2019	21.2 °C	1,335 mm	49
2018	34.5 °C2 November 2018	8.8 °C9 June 2018	21.2 °C	1,033 mm	52
2017	36.9 °C18 October 2017	8.7 °C16 July 2017	21.2 °C	1,269 mm	46
2016	35.8 °C10 November 2016	9.4 °C10 June 2016	21.8 °C	863 mm	80
2015	37.3 °C22 November 2015	9.0 °C11 July 2015	21.8 °C	811 mm	82
2014	35.5 °C16 October 2014	8.0 °C13 July 2014	21.5 °C	919 mm	80
2013	36.4 °C1 November 2013	9.2 °C22 June 2013	21.2 °C	1,027 mm	65
2012	35.5 °C19 October 2012	6.7 °C20 July 2012	20.8 °C	1,129 mm	66
2011	35.8 °C26 October 2011	8.5 °C25 July 2011	20.8 °C	1,016 mm	40
2010	34.9 °C12 October 2010	8.3 °C13 August 2010	21.0 °C	1,102 mm	55
2009	32.8 °C9 October 2009	8.4 °C30 July 2009	20.5 °C	1,174 mm	42
2008	33.7 °C4 November 2008	8.0 °C3 July 2008	20.4 °C	1,059 mm	51
2007	33.5 °C24 September 2007	8.7 °C15 June 2007	20.6 °C	1,157 mm	37
2006	34.4 °C4 October 2006	8.0 °C6 June 2006	20.6 °C	1,288 mm	40
2005	35.0 °C17 November 2005	9.3 °C3 July 2005	21.4 °C	690 mm	53
2004	34.8 °C9 October 2004	8.3 °C16 July 2004	20.4 °C	1,140 mm	28
2003	34.2 °C17 October 2003	8.3 °C9 July 2003	20.7 °C	1,089 mm	49
2002	35.2 °C5 November 2002	8.3 °C27 June 2002	20.8 °C	973 mm	48
2001	34.1 °C19 October 2001	8.2 °C26 July 2001	20.9 °C	1,024 mm	67
2000	33.3 °C25 October 2000	9.5 °C25 July 2000	20.5 °C	1,310 mm	33
1999	34.3 °C23 October 1999	7.9 °C24 June 1999	20.6 °C	928 mm	55
1998	34.6 °C4 November 1998	8.8 °C13 June 1998	21.2 °C	891 mm	58
1997	33.9 °C10 November 1997	8.6 °C5 May 1997	20.7 °C	1,332 mm	32
1996	34.7 °C21 November 1996	5.6 °C3 July 1996	21.0 °C	1,058 mm	63
1995	35.3 °C24 November 1995	7.8 °C3 July 1995	21.6 °C	865 mm	77
1994	35.2 °C24 November 1994	7.5 °C14 July 1994	21.1 °C	812 mm	56
1993	34.0 °C29 October 1993	8.3 °C11 June 1993	20.7 °C	1,127 mm	42
1992	35.1 °C26 October 1992	7.5 °C15 August 1992	21.6 °C	696 mm	61
1991	32.3 °C5 October 1991	7.5 °C23 July 1991	20.6 °C	973 mm	37
1990	35.1 °C16 October 1990	7.3 °C4 July 1990	21.1 °C	851 mm	57
1989	33.8 °C1 November 1989	8.9 °C17 June 1989	20.3 °C	1,430 mm	41
1988	34.1 °C11 October 1988	8.9 °C13 June 1988	20.8 °C	1,039 mm	29
1987	34.9 °C20 November 1987	6.3 °C2 July 1987	21.4 °C	863 mm	68
1986	33.4 °C7 October 1986	7.4 °C23 July 1986	20.2 °C	1,196 mm	21
1985	32.8 °C3 November 1985	8.0 °C16 July 1985	20.0 °C	1,126 mm	20
1984	34.2 °C15 October 1984	8.7 °C18 June 1984	20.7 °C	1,131 mm	55
1983	35.3 °C13 November 1983	7.8 °C21 July 1983	21.6 °C	942 mm	65
1982	34.4 °C9 November 1982	7.6 °C18 May 1982	20.4 °C	1,231 mm	23
1981	34.9 °C8 November 1981	6.3 °C20 June 1981	20.5 °C	860 mm	55
1980	33.5 °C12 November 1980	7.4 °C21 June 1980	20.3 °C	1,059 mm	33
1979	33.6 °C12 October 1979	8.9 °C26 June 1979	20.2 °C	1,109 mm	46
1978	33.6 °C16 October 1978	6.7 °C16 June 1978	20.3 °C	1,725 mm	42
1977	34.9 °C22 October 1977	7.2 °C6 July 1977	20.7 °C	1,026 mm	40
1976	34.4 °C25 November 1976	7.9 °C19 July 1976	19.9 °C	1,227 mm	43
1975	34.1 °C20 November 1975	5.4 °C26 July 1975	20.2 °C	812 mm	40
1974	34.2 °C13 November 1974	8.3 °C29 July 1974	19.8 °C	1,368 mm	31
1973	33.8 °C15 September 1973	8.7 °C15 July 1973	20.4 °C	817 mm	47
1972	34.1 °C17 November 1972	8.2 °C25 July 1972	20.2 °C	1,105 mm	46
1971	32.6 °C2 November 1971	8.5 °C12 June 1971	20.0 °C	1,177 mm	19
1970	32.9 °C16 November 1970	9.3 °C20 June 1970	20.5 °C	948 mm	34
1969	33.2 °C27 November 1969	8.5 °C23 June 1969	20.4 °C	972 mm	49
1968	33.4 °C4 October 1968	6.9 °C17 June 1968	20.1 °C	987 mm	30
1967	33.1 °C6 October 1967	7.0 °C19 July 1967	20.0 °C	903 mm	25
1966	31.9 °C27 September 1966	7.1 °C23 August 1966	20.2 °C	957 mm	33
1965	31.9 °C20 November 1965	6.2 °C5 July 1965	19.6 °C	1,010 mm	24
1964	31.8 °C10 November 1964	6.5 °C28 June 1964	19.9 °C	906 mm	31
1963	32.3 °C7 October 1963	7.4 °C6 June 1963	20.0 °C	1,313 mm	31
1962	33.0 °C5 November 1962	9.5 °C7 June 1962	20.2 °C	1,139 mm	34
1961	32.8 °C5 November 1961	9.1 °C10 August 1961	19.9 °C	1,615 mm	20
1960	32.4 °C14 October 1960	7.8 °C7 July 1960	20.2 °C	858 mm	45
1959	32.2 °C16 November 1959	10.4 °C14 June 1959	20.2 °C	1,210 mm	27
1958	33.5 °C17 October 1958	8.1 °C19 July 1958	20.5 °C	1,241 mm	39
1957	34.2 °C12 November 1957	8.2 °C27 May 1957	20.2 °C	1,661 mm	64
1956	32.9 °C22 September 1956	7.5 °C28 July 1956	19.9 °C	1,360 mm	39
1955	33.9 °C21 October 1955	8.1 °C10 August 1955	19.8 °C	1,413 mm	42
1954	34.8 °C27 October 1954	8.0 °C22 June 1954	20.6 °C	743 mm	43
1953	34.1 °C10 November 1953	7.9 °C23 July 1953	19.9 °C	1,623 mm	40
1952	35.0 °C1 October 1952	9.4 °C15 July 1952	20.6 °C	1,134 mm	60
1951	35.2 °C28 November 1951	7.9 °C24 July 1951	21.1 °C	683 mm	69
1950	33.9 °C25 October 1950	8.2 °C20 August 1950	19.8 °C	1,330 mm	34
1949	34.8 °C3 November 1949	8.6 °C23 June 1949	20.6 °C	1,101 mm	66
1948	34.4 °C10 November 1948	9.0 °C15 July 1948	20.5 °C	1,178 mm	63
1947	34.0 °C16 October 1947	8.4 °C2 June 1947	20.2 °C	1,155 mm	60
1946	34.5 °C25 October 1946	7.5 °C19 June 1946	19.9 °C	1,118 mm	38
1945	33.3 °C20 October 1945	8.3 °C23 June 1945	20.0 °C	1,073 mm	54
1944	33.9 °C21 October 1944	8.0 °C3 June 1944	20.1 °C	1,237 mm	40
1943	35.5 °C25 November 1943	8.3 °C28 June 1943	20.5 °C	880 mm	77
1942	34.4 °C9 November 1942	8.4 °C2 August 1942	20.6 °C	936 mm	58
1941	35.5 °C21 October 1941	8.8 °C22 June 1941	20.8 °C	864 mm	60
1940	32.4 °C5 October 1940	8.1 °C17 July 1940	20.0 °C	1,260 mm	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1057 mm

-28 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.5 °C	+1.0 °C	278 mm	-1 mm
Feb	27.1 °C	+1.5 °C	163 mm	-68 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+1.0 °C	91 mm	-85 mm
Apr	26.2 °C	+1.0 °C	80 mm	+33 mm
May	23.7 °C	-0.8 °C	17 mm	+10 mm
Jun	24.2 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jul	22.8 °C	-0.2 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Aug	26.2 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-13 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	-1.2 °C	160 mm	+73 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	-0.6 °C	263 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.3 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest day

8.4 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

40.9 mm

29 Jan 2025

Windiest day

28.3 km/h

23 May 2025

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

23 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

14 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

2 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chipata?

Chipata has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,085 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chipata?

The hottest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chipata?

The coldest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 5.4 °C.

Does it snow in Chipata?

Almost never: Chipata sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Chipata warmed?

Yes: Chipata warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chipata?

The wettest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1982, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chipata?

The windiest day measured in Chipata between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1952, with winds reaching 33.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chipata?

The warmest month in Chipata is October (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Chipata?

Chipata receives on average 1,085 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chipata?

Chipata gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chipata?

Yes: Chipata has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chipata?

In Chipata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was 1.9 °C on 26 July 1975.

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